Thank you very much to Fresh Fiction for hosting me today!
I was once told that it helps to envision your characters as people, that it helps to see
them moving and interacting. Good advice. So when I started writing
BRING ME TO LIFE, I
went on a search for who would fit the physical descriptions I had in my head.
And, of course, gotta love Pinterest.
First, the setting. Fall, Ohio. As a native I know how cloudy and just cold and dreary it
can get. We have haunted prisons, and while
BRING ME TO LIFE takes place in an abandoned school, Iโm
sure thereโs one around. Itโs flat enough that it would work well, and there is plenty of
farm land for an empty setting.
If
BRING ME TO
LIFE was made into a movie today, I would fight with all I have to get
Arthur Gosse
to play Anson. He is exactly how I picture Anson. All he needs is a bit of gray zombie
skin, a neck tattoo, and some rough clothes, and tadah!
As for the all important role of Lyric, it has to go to
Andreea
Diaconu. She has the strong yet soft face, the athletic body that could totally take
down zombies, and letโs face it, she and Arthur would be cute together.
Now some of the antagonists. The role of Max, head of the zombies Anson lives with, goes
to
Tommy
Lister. Heโs got that mean face, that intimidating build, and honestly, if he was a
zombie, I donโt think Iโd bother trying to kill him.
Ansonโs best friend has to be played by
Kal Penn. He
has that friendly face, zombie or not. Nice smile, bright eyes. Yeah, I could see Anson
getting along with him easily.
And while weโre on the topic of best friends, Lyric meets a girl, Ivory. Sheโs young, and
what better actress than
Elle Fanning? Vulnerable, sweet, innocentโฆ I could see her accepting
Lyric and helping her understand the zombie farm.
I canโt give away any more of the roles, at least who they are. I do have a Pinterest
page with props, clothes, some of the other zombies and captives, and settings. Pinterest
is my weakness.
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August Kert writes paranormal romances about atypical heroes whoโd do anything for their
feisty heroines, and unusual love stories youโll never forget. She lives in northern Ohio
where winter never seems to end and summer is nothing but road construction. She married
her own prince in 2007. They are the proud parents of a hyperactive dog, a spastic
ferret, a lazy rabbit, and a food obsessed cat.
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Plan to survive: befriend a monster. Not in the plan: falling in love with him.
As one of the few humans left alive, Lyric knows a hundred different ways to surviveโnone
of them pretty. Anything to stay out of the โfarmsโ where the not-so-mindless zombies
keep humans they eat to prevent themselves from rotting.
But humans have to eat too. While foraging for food, sheโs captured and taken to a farm.
Her fate seems sealedโuntil she notices one of the zombies watching her with a different
kind of hunger in his eyes.
Anson clings to the hope that he can somehow overcome the disease that turned him into a
cannibal. Lyric stirs needs and desires heโs forgotten he had, and her fighting spirit
brings back the ragged edge of a past that long ago slipped from his memory.
When Anson offers moments of freedom in exchange for her help, Lyric grabs the chance to
survive. She never thought her emotions would cast a very different light on the monsterโฆ
or that desire would complicate her plan to escape.
Warning: Contains a hopeless romantic zombie trying to find his humanity, and a
plucky heroine desperate for a way outโeven if itโs down a zombieโs pants. Not for the
faint of heartโฆor the squeamish. Letโs just say kissing is off the menu.
Names are unknowns to me... I like the sound of your book... thanks for sharing!
(Colleen Conklin 1:00pm August 27, 2015)
that sound good if you seen the one in the castle if you live near cleavland and go to the sewer line and see the nazi you can see them walking the tunnel to the house and then the manor is really haunted been since the last 60 years and then were i live in mo i could tell you some of the ghost would be scary and then fun
(Desiree Reilly 7:19pm August 29, 2015)
A new book for my TBR list :) Thank you. As for the actors/actresses - some I've seen before and others I haven't but since I haven't read your book yet I can't say if that is how I picture your characters.
(Ida Stone 2:55am August 30, 2015)
I believe Elle Fanning is going to have an interesting career. It's fun to see
her grow up on film.
(Nadine Stacy 11:14am August 30, 2015)
What an intriguing book! It is always interesting to learn how an author envisions her characters. Thanks for sharing.
(Bonnie H 9:39pm August 30, 2015)
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